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The Salford Grammar School Collection

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This collection contains photographs, programmes, magazines, and other publications relating to Salford Grammar School.

Overview

This collection comprises photographs, programmes, magazines, and books relating to Salford Grammar School, including:

  • class photographs
  • prospectuses
  • issues of the Salfordian school magazine
  • one complete digitised book, Salford Grammar School: A History.

The material was donated to the University of Salford by the Old Salfordians’ Association in 2008. The broader Salford Grammar School Records include:

  • report books
  • student admission registers
  • staff registers
  • visitors’ books
  • trip photographs
  • Headmaster’s reports
  • prospectuses
  • programmes
  • historical notes documenting the school’s administrative and social history between 1903 and 1989.

 

Key Facts

School name(s)

  • Salford Municipal Secondary School for Boys (1904–1932)
  • Salford Grammar School (1932–1969)
  • Salford Grammar Technical School (1969–1973)

Founded 

1904

Locations

  • Salford Royal Technical Institute (RTI)
  • Leaf Square
  • Eccles Old Road (Claremont site)

Successor school

Buile Hill High School

Collection donor 

Old Salfordians’ Association (2008)

Notable item 

Salford Grammar School: A History (digitised).

 

Timeline

  • 1904 – Opened as Salford Municipal Secondary School for Boys at the Salford Royal Technical Institute (RTI).
  • 1909 – Decision made to separate administratively from the RTI.
  • 1914 – Purpose-built school opened at Leaf Square.
  • 1914–1920 – Leaf Square building requisitioned for use as a military hospital during the First World War.
  • 1932 – Renamed Salford Grammar School.
  • 1937 – Salford Education Committee acquired the Claremont site.
  • 1953 – Construction of new school at Claremont began.
  • 12 January 1956 – Pupils moved to new building on Eccles Old Road.
  • 21 March 1956 – New school officially opened.
  • 1964 – Demolition of Leaf Square building began.
  • 1965 – Salford College of Technology opened on the former Leaf Square site.
  • 1 September 1969 – Merged with Salford Technical High School to form Salford Grammar Technical School.
  • 1973 – Merged with Pendleton High School for Girls to form Buile Hill High School, now called Buile Hill High School.

Cover page of Salfordian, dated July 1922, Volume 1. The page features a decorative border and a contents list with article titles and page numbers. At the bottom, it reads “Salford Secondary School for Boys,” with a printer’s credit line beneath.
Cover page of the Salfordian magazine.

How can it be used?

  • To support research into the history of education in Salford, particularly secondary schooling prior to the introduction of comprehensive education in the 1970s.

 

Who might be interested?

  • Former pupils and alumni of Salford Grammar School
  • Family historians
  • Researchers exploring the history of schools and education in the Salford area.

 

Types of material

  • Photographs
  • Programmes
  • Prospectuses
  • Magazines
  • Books

 

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